Some art is tied indelibly to the era and environment in which it was created. This richly diverse program of music for clarinet and strings travels to Eastern Europe with works by Karel Husa and Krystof Penderecki that reflect a deep love of homeland, then to the “majestic skies of Western Massachusetts” with living American composer Paul Wiancko’s Clouds of Gill. Eternity and memory are the vehicles for the journey to Schubert’s succinct String Trio, frozen in time when it was abandoned by the composer after only a single movement, and Rebecca Clarke’s doleful duo for clarinet and viola, a reminiscence of love for the pastoral and romantic.

Rebecca Clarke, Prelude & Pastorale | Schubert, String Trio in B-flat, D. 471 | Paul Wiancko, Clouds of Gill | Husa, Evocations of Slovakia | Penderecki, Quartet for Clarinet & String

Nick Davies, clarinet | Emelyn Bashour, violin | Margaret Dyer, viola | Bree Ahern, cello

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